Somatic exercise focuses on slow, mindful movements to increase body awareness of your physical sensations, and it offers a holistic approach to fitness that emphasises your internal experiences – what you feel – over external results.
Coined by philosophy professor and movement theorist Thomas Hanna in the 1970s, the concept of somatics has gained a lot of popularity in the wellness sphere – so much so, that search interest for ‘somatic exercise’ has grown a whopping 436% in the past 6 months.
USING PILATES EQUIPMENT HELPS TO SUPPORT WEAKER AREAS AND IMPROVE MOVEMENT
BUT WHAT EXACTLY DOES SOMATIC EXERCISE ENTAIL?
Well, there are many techniques one can try, from
